Key Currency Exchange Rates for Friday, 1/22/21

National Average Price for Regular Unleaded Current: $3.222; Month Ago: $3.404; Year Ago: $3.875. National Average Price for Diesel Current: $3.593; Month Ago: $3.737; Year Ago: $4.585.

American Dollar to Canadian Dollar = 0.798408; American Dollar to Chinese Yuan = 0.154750; American Dollar to Euro = 1.213423; American Dollar to Japanese Yen = 0.008996; American Dollar to Mexican Peso = 0.052110.

Futures climbed 1.4 percent in New York, paring this week’s loss to 1.5 percent. China’s crude oil imports rebounded from a one-year low to near a record amid signs the nation’s commercial stockpiles shrank by the most in almost eight years. U.S. crude output increased to a record last week, while motor fuel inventories rose more than double analysts’ forecasts, government data showed Wednesday. U.S. crude production expanded for a seventh week to 9.7 million barrels a day, the highest level in weekly data compiled by the Energy Information Administration since 1983. Gasoline inventories rose by 6.78 million barrels last week, the biggest gain since January. Click Read More below for additional information.